District officials are considering legislation that would require nearly every adult in the nation’s capital to report suspected incidents of child sexual abuse, though the top city lawmaker is doubting an estimate that the rules would generate more than 1,000 new reports a year.

“I believe strongly there’s a lot of hesitation on the part of people to report,” D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, the measure’s author, told The Washington Examiner. “The bill is really designed to give a clear message that everybody has a duty to report when it comes to a child being sexually abused.”